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    322 Walking Tour: Seneca Section of the C&O Canal

    $18.00
    Sessions: 1
    Class Date(s): 05-23-2022 to 05-23-2022
    Day(s) of the week: Monday
    Time: 10:30 AM → 12:00 PM
    Instructor: Ralph D Buglass, Montgomery County Historical Society
    Term: 2022-2
    Location: Trip

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    Join us for a leisurely walk along the Seneca section of the C&O Canal (about one mile total on the mostly level gravel towpath). You'll get the chance to see and learn about the Seneca Aqueduct, the ruins of a stone-cutting mill, and two kinds of canal locks. This class is offered in conjunction with the May 2 lecture (see class #300), but participants... read more
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    326 Dollars for Scholars: Help Send Your Grandchild to College and Simultaneously Reduce Your Tax Bill

    $30.00
    Sessions: 2
    Class Date(s): 05-17-2022 to 05-24-2022
    Day(s) of the week: Tuesday
    Time: 1:00 PM → 2:15 PM
    Instructor: Gary Cahn, Computer Instructor
    Term: 2022-2
    Location: Online Class

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    In this class you’ll learn how you can save for your grandchild’s college education, as well as their private school elementary and/or secondary school education. We’ll look at 529 savings plans, Coverdell accounts and other types of education savings accounts. You’ll learn which types of accounts and investments are most recommended, and which... read more
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    332Z Father of the Arts & Crafts Movement: William Morris (ONLINE)

    $18.00
    Sessions: 1
    Class Date(s): 05-23-2022 to 05-23-2022
    Day(s) of the week: Monday
    Time: 10:30 AM → 12:00 PM
    Instructor: Bonita Billman, Art History Lecturer
    Term: 2022-2
    Location: Online Class

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    One of the giants of 19th century craft and founder of the Arts & Crafts movement in England, William Morris started out as a Pre-Raphaelite painter but became a polymath, writer, poet, philosopher, social reformer, craftsman, and much more. William Morris’s artistic pronouncements on beauty, utility and hand-craftsmanship guided the artists and... read more
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    333 The Mexican War: Manifest Destiny or Land Grab?

    $18.00
    Sessions: 1
    Class Date(s): 05-23-2022 to 05-23-2022
    Day(s) of the week: Monday
    Time: 1:00 PM → 2:30 PM
    Instructor: Blaine Davies, MA, Professor of U.S. History
    Term: 2022-2
    Location: Online Class

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    California and the rest of the Southwest became United States territory following the Mexican War, or as some Mexicans describe it, the “war where you stole our country.”  Was it a war justified by “manifest destiny” and Mexican transgressions or was it essentially a land grab?  Professor Blaine Davies explores the causes, the battles and the... read more
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    334 The Deadly Effects of Consuming Too Much Salt

    $0.00
    Sessions: 1
    Class Date(s): 05-23-2022 to 05-23-2022
    Day(s) of the week: Monday
    Time: 1:00 PM → 2:00 PM
    Instructor: Michael F. Jacobson, PhD
    Term: 2022-2
    Location: Online Class

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    Salt is used in half of all packaged foods and restaurant offerings, and that's what makes it arguably the most dangerous substance in our food supply. Over-consumption of salt (or, more accurately, sodium) is causing as many as 100,000 premature deaths every year in the United States. We'll talk about what the government should have been doing but hasn't,... read more
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    335Z Roger Bacon: Father of Modern Science (ONLINE)

    $18.00
    Sessions: 1
    Class Date(s): 05-24-2022 to 05-24-2022
    Day(s) of the week: Tuesday
    Time: 10:30 AM → 12:00 PM
    Instructor: David B Lindauer, Lt. Colonel (Ret.), US Army Signal Corps
    Term: 2022-2
    Location: Online Class

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    Few people today have heard of Friar Roger Bacon, an English Franciscan from the Thirteenth Century. But even a cursory examination of his many writings can amaze the modern reader with the clarity of his explanation of what we now call the scientific method, and the numerous predictions he made for future science – all based on his remarkable talent for... read more
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    335 Roger Bacon: Father of Modern Science (AT OASIS)

    $18.00
    Sessions: 1
    Class Date(s): 05-24-2022 to 05-24-2022
    Day(s) of the week: Tuesday
    Time: 10:30 AM → 12:00 PM
    Instructor: David B Lindauer, Lt. Colonel (Ret.), US Army Signal Corps
    Term: 2022-2
    Location: Oasis at the Macys Home Store

    Oasis at the Macys Home Store

    7125 Democracy Blvd
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    Few people today have heard of Friar Roger Bacon, an English Franciscan from the Thirteenth Century. But even a cursory examination of his many writings can amaze the modern reader with the clarity of his explanation of what we now call the scientific method, and the numerous predictions he made for future science – all based on his remarkable talent for... read more
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    336 Myth to Reality: Excavating Troy and Mycenae

    $24.00
    Sessions: 1
    Class Date(s): 05-24-2022 to 05-24-2022
    Day(s) of the week: Tuesday
    Time: 1:00 PM → 3:00 PM
    Instructor: Henry George, Engineer, Archaeologist and Geologist
    Term: 2022-2
    Location: Online Class

    Online Class


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    Heinrich Schliemann was of the rip-and-tear school of archaeology.  He excavated Troy and Mycenae before archaeological methods were developed.  He was never accepted as a professional, but his discoveries brought Greek Mythology back to life and were instrumental in bringing prehistory into the public... read more
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    337 Book Discussion: “Apples Never Fall”

    $18.00
    Sessions: 1
    Class Date(s): 05-24-2022 to 05-24-2022
    Day(s) of the week: Tuesday
    Time: 03:00 PM → 04:30 PM
    Instructor: Jonina Duker, Certified Book Discussion Leader
    Term: 2022-2
    Location: Online Class

    Online Class


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    Long-term marriages can be complicated, to say the least, particularly with four grown children. Interactions between and among unrelated people can be complicated too and can mean very different things to the people involved, occasioning yet more difficulties. Set in Sydney Australia, a long-married couple’s lives revolve around high-level competitive... read more
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    338Z We Wear The Mask: 15 True Stories of “Passing” in America (ONLINE)

    $18.00
    Sessions: 1
    Class Date(s): 05-25-2022 to 05-25-2022
    Day(s) of the week: Wednesday
    Time: 10:30 AM → 11:45 AM
    Instructor: Lisa Page, Assistant Professor of English and Director of Creative Writing, The George Washington University
    Term: 2022-2
    Location: Online Class

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    There's a long tradition of "passing" in American society.  Passing is defined as hiding part of your identity in order to blend in and avoid stigma.  Originally this just meant people of African American ancestry passing as white.  But passing can involve race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, religion and even social class.  Dr. Page shares stories of... read more
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    338 We Wear The Mask: 15 True Stories of “Passing” in America (AT OASIS)

    $18.00
    Sessions: 1
    Class Date(s): 05-25-2022 to 05-25-2022
    Day(s) of the week: Wednesday
    Time: 10:30 AM → 11:45 AM
    Instructor: Lisa Page, Assistant Professor of English and Director of Creative Writing, The George Washington University
    Term: 2022-2
    Location: Oasis at the Macys Home Store

    Oasis at the Macys Home Store

    7125 Democracy Blvd
    Bethesda, MD 20817
    240-800-3745
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    There's a long tradition of "passing" in American society.  Passing is defined as hiding part of your identity in order to blend in and avoid stigma.  Originally this just meant people of African American ancestry passing as white.  But passing can involve race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, religion and even social class.  Dr. Page shares stories of... read more
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    339 Critical Race Theory: Context, Controversy, and Call to Action

    $18.00
    Sessions: 1
    Class Date(s): 05-25-2022 to 05-25-2022
    Day(s) of the week: Wednesday
    Time: 1:00 PM → 2:30 PM
    Instructor: Richard Bell, Professor of History, University of Maryland
    Term: 2022-2
    Location: Online Class

    Online Class


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    Suddenly, everyone is talking about Critical Race Theory, a set of premises developed decades ago to interpret America’s institutions in the context of race and civil rights. Yet, what exactly is CRT? During this talk, Dr. Bell aims to locate the origins of CRT, establish its core premises, describe the recent controversy, and introduce participants to a... read more
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    340Z Couples in Art: Renoir, Toulouse-Lautrec and Their Muses (ONLINE)

    $18.00
    Sessions: 1
    Class Date(s): 05-26-2022 to 05-26-2022
    Day(s) of the week: Thursday
    Time: 10:30 AM → 12:00 PM
    Instructor: Joan Hart, Art History Instructor, Museum One, Inc.
    Term: 2022-2
    Location: Online Class

    Online Class


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    Renoir and Toulouse-Lautrec are universal icons of art, but what about the women who were their muses? Beginning with Renoir, we’ll explore the Impressionist’s love affair with his spouse Aline, from his first acknowledged representation of her as the young coquette in The Luncheon of the Boating Party to mature wife and mother. Next, we’ll focus on... read more
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    340 Couples in Art: Renoir, Toulouse-Lautrec and Their Muses (AT OASIS)

    $18.00
    Sessions: 1
    Class Date(s): 05-26-2022 to 05-26-2022
    Day(s) of the week: Thursday
    Time: 10:30 AM → 12:00 PM
    Instructor: Joan Hart, Art History Instructor, Museum One, Inc.
    Term: 2022-2
    Location: Oasis at the Macys Home Store

    Oasis at the Macys Home Store

    7125 Democracy Blvd
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    Renoir and Toulouse-Lautrec are universal icons of art, but what about the women who were their muses? Beginning with Renoir, we’ll explore the Impressionist’s love affair with his spouse Aline, from his first acknowledged representation of her as the young coquette in The Luncheon of the Boating Party to mature wife and mother. Next, we’ll focus on... read more
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    341 Julie Andrews: An Extraordinary Life

    $18.00
    Sessions: 1
    Class Date(s): 05-26-2022 to 05-26-2022
    Day(s) of the week: Thursday
    Time: 1:00 PM → 2:30 PM
    Instructor: Jane Ellen, Performer, Composer, and Recording Artist
    Term: 2022-2
    Location: Online Class

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    Denied her dream of reprising her Broadway success in the film version of Camelot, Julie Andrews  received an Oscar for Mary Poppins instead. A year later she starred in The Sound of Music and her career would never be the same. A phenomenal singer with a four-octave voice, Andrews built a seven decade career based on solid musical, theatrical and film... read more
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    342 Richard Wagner: A Complicated Giant!

    $12.00
    Sessions: 1
    Class Date(s): 05-27-2022 to 05-27-2022
    Day(s) of the week: Friday
    Time: 6:00 PM → 7:00 PM
    Instructor: Chris Burns, Many-Strings
    Term: 2022-2
    Location: Online Class

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    At times impoverished, at other times subsidized to the point of having his own custom opera house; Up and down, down and out! But always willfully moving forward. Richard Wagner had a profound effect on the evolution of modern western music. This hour will feature some of the most wonderful and dramatic music ever: the musical roller coaster that is... read more
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    343 The Trinity in World Religions

    $18.00
    Sessions: 1
    Class Date(s): 05-31-2022 to 05-31-2022
    Day(s) of the week: Tuesday
    Time: 1:00 PM → 2:30 PM
    Instructor: Peter Bolland, MA, Professor of Philosophy and Humanities, Southwestern College
    Term: 2022-2
    Location: Online Class

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    At the center of mainline Christian doctrine is the idea of the Trinity – a startling claim that a monotheistic God appears as three distinct yet unified “persons” – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. This idea flies in the face of the hard monotheism of Judaism and Islam, yet endures as the centerpiece of the world’s largest religion. Join us as we... read more
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    344Z Stepping on the Global Stage: The Spanish-American War, 1898 (ONLINE)

    $18.00
    Sessions: 1
    Class Date(s): 06-01-2022 to 06-01-2022
    Day(s) of the week: Wednesday
    Time: 10:30 AM → 11:45 AM
    Instructor: David Silbey, Military Historian, Cornell University
    Term: 2022-2
    Location: Online Class

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    The Spanish-American War witnessed the United States stepping onto the global stage as a great power for the first time. Fought against the failing Spanish empire, it started the United States on its path to... read more
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    344 Stepping on the Global Stage: The Spanish-American War, 1898 (AT OASIS)

    $18.00
    Sessions: 1
    Class Date(s): 06-01-2022 to 06-01-2022
    Day(s) of the week: Wednesday
    Time: 10:30 AM → 11:45 AM
    Instructor: David Silbey, Military Historian, Cornell University
    Term: 2022-2
    Location: Oasis at the Macys Home Store

    Oasis at the Macys Home Store

    7125 Democracy Blvd
    Bethesda, MD 20817
    240-800-3745
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    The Spanish-American War witnessed the United States stepping onto the global stage as a great power for the first time. Fought against the failing Spanish empire, it started the United States on its path to... read more
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    345 The Waste-Less Kitchen

    $15.00
    Sessions: 1
    Class Date(s): 06-01-2022 to 06-01-2022
    Day(s) of the week: Wednesday
    Time: 1:00 PM → 2:00 PM
    Instructor: Libby Lamancusa, Registered Dietitian
    Term: 2022-2
    Location: Online Class

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    Do you find yourself throwing out a lot of uneaten or spoiled food? Less frequent shopping trips can make this a real challenge. Learn techniques to reduce your food waste while maximizing freshness. It’s a win-win-win trifecta that’s good for your health, your wallet, and the... read more
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